Articles about Festivals

The Passover Calendar
The Great Sabbath The Sabbath before Passover is called Shabbat Hagadol and special because this is the day when, on the... Read »
Tish’ah be’Av
D. T. Lancaster
The fast of Tammuz occurs forty days after Shavu’ot to mark the day Moses descended from Mount Sinai, saw the golden calf,... Read »
A Kosher Sukkah
Aaron Eby
Sukkot in JerusalemThe holiday of Sukkot is not only lots of fun, but it is also deeply meaningful and spiritually... Read »
Doubling Holidays
Aaron Eby
Two “Heads” Are Better than One?If you compare a modern-day Jewish calendar with passages in the Torah that refer to the... Read »
Is Rosh HaShanah the New Year?
Aaron Eby
The Torah commands that we observe a certain holiday on the first day of the seventh month. Scripturally, it is given two... Read »
Counting the Omer
D. T. Lancaster
The command to bring the first sheaf of the harvest to the Temple is of great significance to the disciples of Yeshua. It is... Read »
The Last Seder
D. T. Lancaster
Reclining at the Last SederMatthew 26:17-30Although the various elements of the Seder have undergone some alterations over... Read »
Hosting a Seder
D. T. Lancaster
A Big MitzvahSo you’ve decided to do a Passover seder meal! Good. The celebration of the Passover with unleavened bread and... Read »
Non-Jews and Passover
D. T. Lancaster
A certain Syrian Gentile used to pretend to be a Jew and go up and partake of the Passover sacrifices in Jerusalem, boasting... Read »